So, do you have an AppRadio 2 in your car and you got an iPhone 5 and found out you now have a $350 AM FM Radio with blue tooth phone, and everything else is gone? Here's a couple of quick videos I did to make the best of a bad situation. The first one shows how to direct connect your iPhone 5 or iPad 4th gen to the head unit and get back the video you lost and still charge your phone without using the 40 pin connector. The second video takes it to the next level by integrating an Apple TV into the car and stream wirelessly to the head unit, nice, but a little more expensive and takes a bit of tech skills to setup the router and AppleTV unit. But, the resluts are pretty fun and I'll show you how and what it costs and the parts you need to make it work. This method uses AirPlay, so iPhone 4, 4S and 5 will work with this, as well as iPad 2, 3 and 4. Enjoy...

Was curious if you knew how apps like slingbox and netflix would work. I know I would have to do the wired set up to use the data but was curious if they would fit to screen or would have to be sitting horizontally. Thank you

very cool experience !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks a lot for your video !!!!

@johnricc - yes, if you use the HDMI direct connection, you can use Netflix and Slingbox, I use both myself, it formats to the screen very well. Since, Slingbox now works via 3G/LTE, reception is no problem.

Have you considered connecting a macmini to the unit? I would like to see the functionality of this. Media wise and app wise as well.

I have Macmini as well and sice it uses an HDMI connector, the Appradio2 would serve as a monitor like any regular monitor. So, using direct connect and, perhaps using your cell phone as a wifi hotspot, if supported on your phone and carrier, you'd be set to go.

I was also looking into using an android mini pc, such as a mk808B or mk809 II, google those if you havent seen them. It seems plausible to use the hdmi input with these mini pcs, then connect over bluetooth to the unit. Then use ARliberator to have touch control of the unit. I just concerened on support for ARliberator on the mini pc, and resolution output. Any Ideas?

instead of a router cant i just use my iphone 5 to tether into the appletv?

Yes you can, something similar mentioned and tested here: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120328105542460

Why would anyone go through the trouble to add the ATV to the chain when you loose the control from the touch screen of the unit. You can do everything he demos with the ATV with the phone alone plus get touch support. Doesn't make sense to me.

Why would anyone go through the trouble to add the ATV to the chain when you loose the control from the touch screen of the unit. You can do everything he demos with the ATV with the phone alone plus get touch support. Doesn't make sense to me.

VBLUE42 the reason why people will concider doing this and the main reason why i would do this is to eliminate cables all together. With a wirleless setup i will put way less strain on my phone plus i will be able to control my car multimedia from outside of the car. I have noticed that my battery life is slowly diminishing due to the stress that the hmdi cable causes. My phone gets real hot when connected and due to that my battery is getting weaker. With an appletv i will eliminate that issue. So no more rapid battery drain or heating up of phone. I can stream effortlessly without adding as much stress on my iphone 5. Obviosly there will be no navigation, touch or phone functions but i was thinking of only using the atv as backup option.

Yeah thats cool and all but for me and I think most people none of that is worth giving up the ability to control everything from the unit's screen. And I don't think having the unit connected to the unit with wires has anything to do with your battery issues. It doesn't with mine. I guess its just personal preference.

Actually using the AppleTV setup does allow touch same as connecting through the Digital AV Adapter.

I suggest you check again. Airplay from iPhone to AppleTV does not provide touch control. You could navigate with Apple Remote but not the AppRadio touch screen. If you are using mirroring, the touch control is on the iPhone only.

If you pair the bluetooth with the AppRadio 2 in Digital AV mode (firmware 8.3) and enable airplay mirroring, you have touch of apps on the head unit.